ENSC 3313, Fall 2012

Quiz 6 ANSWERS

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Answer any 4 questions only, 1 point each 1. Magnesium alloys are used as lightweight/strong/inexpensive coverings for many modern electronic devices such as cell phone cases. Give simple chemical formulae for the four phases omitted below.

2. Tin bronze has superior strength to brass because of the formation of second phase precipitates in the largely Cu matrix. If 90 grams of Cu and 10 grams of Sn are melted and then cooled to 400oC what phases (composition) and proportions exist? If cooled to 100oC what phases and proportions exist?
At 400oC, we are in the single phase solid solution region of 10% Sn in Cu. At 100oC we have nearly pure Cu and (38% Sn). By the lever rule, the fraction Cu is (38-10)/38=0.74 So we have 74g of Cu and 26g of

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3. In the Cu-Sn system, what is the temperature where the first liquid forms on heating Cu3Sn

and what is the composition of this liquid? The first appearance of liquid is at ~710oC and the composition of the liquid is ~48 w/o

4. In the Fe-C system, state the composition of the phase present at equilibrium at a) 1400, b) 1200, c) 1000, d) 800C in a 3 w/o carbon alloy. a) b) c) d) 1400C 1200C 1000C 800C ----no present 1.8 w/o C 1.7 w/o C 1.0 w/o C

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5. Using the Pb-Sn phase diagram, locate and label all of the following: liquidus, solidus, solvus, invariant point, eutectic isotherm, terminal phases, eutectic composition.
327 300
terminal phase liquidus

L
liquidus

232
terminal phase

TC 200

+L
solidus

+L
invariant point

solidus

20

eutectic isotherm

62

98
solvus

183

100
solvus

+
Eutectic composition

Pb

20

40

60

80

Sn

w/o Sn

5. For this steel microstructure, what is the black phase called? What is the white phase called? What is the microstructure called? What would be the steel composition (w/o C)? Black phase cementite White phase ferrite Microstructure name pearlite 100% pearlite occurs at 0.8% C